Transcript Research4Life Overview for Users from Eligible Countries 2013 03 Presentation Outline Background  Eligibility  Partners  Contents  Registration  Research4Life Programmes 

Research4Life Overview for
Users from Eligible Countries
2013 03
Presentation Outline
Background
 Eligibility
 Partners
 Contents
 Registration
 Research4Life Programmes
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Background
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Research4Life (R4L) provides free or very low cost online
access to the major journals in biomedical and related
social sciences, agriculture, environmental health and
innovation and development to local, not-for-profit
institutions in developing countries.
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HINARI was launched in January 2002 for “free access”
countries (Group A). The “very low cost’ option was
added in 2005 (Group B) and the groups apply to all
programmes
AGORA was launched in 2003
OARE was launched in 2008
ARDI was launched in2009 and became a R4L partner in
2011
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Partners
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Major Publishers
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Elsevier Science
Springer
Wiley-Blackwell
Sage
Taylor & Francis
Lippincott/Williams &
Wilkins
BioOne
Oxford University Press
Nature Publishing
Other science/technical/
medical publishers
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Program Partners
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World Health Organization – WHO
Yale University Library
International Association of Scientific,
Technical and Medical Publishers – STM
Food and Agriculture Org. – FAO
United Nations Environment Programme –
UNEP
World Intellectual Property Organization –
WIPO
Information Training and Outreach Centre
for Africa
National Library of Medicine
Mann Library/Cornell University
Microsoft
Librarians Without Borders/MLA
http://extranet.who.int/hinari/en/partners.php
http://www.research4life.org/
Eligibility for all 4 programmes (1)
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Country eligibility is based on four factors: Total GNI
(World Bank figures), GNI per capita (World Bank figures),
United Nations Least Developed Country (LDCs) List and
Human Development Index (HDI). Detailed information:
http://www.who.int/hinari/eligibility/en/
If your institution is in a Group A (free access) country,
area, or territory, then HINARI is free.
If your institution is in a Group B (low-cost access)
country, area, or territory, HINARI/AGORA/OARE costs
US$ 1000 per institution per calendar year (from January
through December).
More than 100 countries, areas, and territories are eligible
For more information, go to:
http://www.who.int/hinari/eligibility/en/
Eligibility (2)
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Eligible categories of institutions are:
national universities
research institutes
professional schools (medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public
health, dentistry)
teaching hospitals
government: ministries and agencies
national medical libraries
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locally based non-governmental agencies
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All permanent and visiting faculty, staff members and
students are entitled to access and can obtain the
institutional User Name and Password.
Who is Eligible for R4L Programmes?
Registration Guide
http://www.research4life.org/howtoregister2/
Registration*
http://www.who.int/hinari/faq/registration_and_eligibility_registered_universities/en/index.html
*Institutions can register for HINARI, AGORA and OARE on this page; ARDI registration is separate
Registration (2)
HINARI
(HINARI Access to Research in Health Programme)
Online portal to access information on health
and related social sciences
 Coordinated by WHO/Yale University
 More than 5300 institutions
 Up to 11,400 journals / up to 18,500 books /
Other info resources up to 70 / up to 380
publishers
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http://www.who.int/hinari
HINARI Portal
AGORA
(Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture)
Online portal to access information on
agriculture and related sciences
 Coordinated by FAO/Cornell University, USA
 2200 institutions
 Up to 3400 journals / up to 2000 books / up to
20 information resources / up to 95 publishers
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http://www.aginternetwork.org
AGORA Portal
OARE
(Online Access to Research in the Environment)
Online portal to access environmental
information
 Coordinated by UNEP/Yale University
 Up to 4800 journals / up to 8300 books / up
to 110 publishers
 2300 registered institutions
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http://www.unep.org/oare
OARE Portal
ARDI
(Access to Research for Development and Innovation )
Online portal to access development and
innovation research
 Launched by WIPO 2009
 Over 2000 journals / 5000 books / 14
publishers
 supports researchers in developing countries
in creating and developing new solutions to
technical challenges faced on a local and
global level
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http://www.wipo.int/ardi
ARDI Portal
The HINARI Team
World Health Organization
Avenue Appia, 20
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
Fax: +41 22 791 41 50
[email protected]
www.who.int/hinari